Land Fires On The Slope Of Mount Batur Kintamani Reach 9.8 Hectares

Land on the slopes of Mount Batur that caught fire, Friday (3/10). (PHOTO: BKSDA Bali).

BANGLI - Bali Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA), noted that the burning land on the slopes of Mount Batur, in Kintamani District, Bangli Regency, reached 9.8 hectares.

The head of the Bali BKSDA, Ratna Hendratmoko, said that the fire was successfully extinguished on Thursday night.

"The fire was successfully extinguished at around 19.30 WITA, after extinguishing efforts were carried out using jet shooters, fire kepyokan, and burning bulkhead construction. The total land area

"The burning is estimated to reach 9.8 hectares," said Ratna in a written statement, Friday, October 3.

The fire was first reported by the public on Thursday (2/10) at 11.50 WITA. This information will be immediately

The TWA GBBP KSDA Resort personnel together with KPHK Kintamani, and the Batur Fire Care Community (MPA), the Bangli Fire and Rescue Service, and other related parties responded.

"The dry lower vegetation and strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly. This fire was allegedly triggered by the negligence of visitors who threw cigarette butts carelessly on the hiking trail," he added.

He explained that the fire scorched the lower vegetation or savanna as well as a number of Malay plants such as tusam or pine meluci, mountain spruce or casurina jung bestiana and tiblun or dodonaea viscosa, as well as lowering the air quality due to the smoke caused.

"After the fire was successfully extinguished, officers carried out monitoring until 22.00 WITA to ensure there were no hotspots left," he explained.

Further monitoring was also carried out on Friday (3/10) to check the hotspots were completely extinguished. In addition, his party appealed

the community, especially visitors to the hiking trail on Mount Batur, to be more careful and not take actions that can trigger a fire.

"Community participation is very important to prevent forest fires, especially in conservation areas that have high ecological value," he said.